Episode 10: Rt Rev Guli Francis-Dehqani - Preaching the  rhythms & from the Margins

A bishop shaped by exile, welcome, and the slow courage of untying life’s hardest knots steps.

In this vivid, searching conversation, Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani opens up about preaching that breathes - preaching rooted in honesty, tension, questions, and the kind of quiet conviction that still moves mountains.

She speaks of fear in the church, the gift of asking better questions, the poetry of faith, and the strange holiness of wrestling with Scripture that both comforts and wounds. She talks about learning not to collapse under the weight of every knot in the rope, how to spot the ones that can be loosened, and how to make peace with the ones that won’t budge.

Across the episode, she invites us into a posture of trust, resonance, authenticity, and brave tenderness. Not showmanship. Not clichés. Just the real work of preaching in a fearful world: do not be afraid.

It’s warm, wise, surprising, and full of movement. A conversation for anyone who longs to preach - or live - with more depth, more honesty, and more courage.